No one warned them hypnosis could kill you. Wouldn't it be cool to suddenly have the battle skills of a seasoned warrior? What if the battles felt real but there was no physical risk to you? Wouldn't it be perfect if the hypnotist in charge of your session were not insanely evil and using you as a weapon in a plot for revenge? Four friends, two in love, two in hate, enter into a Group Hypnosis study attempting to introduce fantasy adventures to small groups. They are promised a video game-type adventure as elf warriors, a sorceress, and a fairy, rescuing an Elf Queen from her crystal prison. 

Risking everything to save the adventurers from the Elf Council's decision to execute them for treason, the elf prince Cabal arranges for their escape. They then disappear, in search of the menacing storm cloud responsible for assassinating the wizards of the Elf Council. Suddenly, the last surviving elf wizard vanishes in a violent storm, leaving an entire battalion of elf warriors dead. The adventurers now face a mysterious magical foe of unimaginable power.

Sarah foolishly left behind the one person who could make her happy back at Fortress City, after seeing Cabal in the arms of another woman. Cabal suddenly appears at the Woodland Village, and his presence stirs something inside Sarah that she has never felt before. Soon, they discover that Jack and Nicole, Sarah's dearest friends, are in serious trouble deep in the wilderness. Sarah is forced to travel deep into the mountains with Cabal as they rush to their friends rescue.

Sarah and Cabal head into the bowels of the earth to rescue Hopper's newborn son and Gravid's small elf daughter, kidnapped by Renegade Trolls. As they race to save the children, Tom struggles against his wraith urges. Hopper fights to control his jealousy of Sarah and Cabal's growing relationship. As darkness closes in, will the team survive the horrors of the netherworld long enough to find the missing children? Will their heightened emotions tear the team apart and endanger all their lives?

Jack falls prey to a sultry Necromancer in the human realm. Magic is not only forbidden in the human realm, but it also doesn't exist. It doesn't exist for anyone except the Necromancer. When time passes with no word after Jack journeys across the sea to the human realm, the others decide to take action. They must be careful and hide their Elven heritage. Anyone suspected of magic in the human realm is burned at the stake. Meanwhile, the renegade Trolls are on the move back home and armed for battle. Will the others find Jack and return home in time to stop the renegades?

Nicole wasn't from this world. She didn't know a quest for the Sword of Eternal Fire was a death sentence. If she had known, she wouldn't have cared. Nicole earned the title of Elf Warrior through her fierce deeds. Her husband Jack always fought by her side. He was her calming influence, the love of her life, and the father of her twins. Regardless of the twins’ half-human blood, they would easily live a thousand years... just as their mother would. But their father was mortal. He'd be lucky to reach eighty. Nicole's heart ached for him. Then, it began to burn.